A Collins High School teacher has pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree sexual abuse involving students.

The case of Shannon Hirchert, 42, of La Grange was waived to the grand jury during her arraignment Tuesday in Shelby County District Court. She did not appear.

“We entered a plea of not guilty for her, and normally they would set that for a probable cause hearing, but we went ahead and waived it to the grand jury,” said Brian Butler, an attorney from Louisville who represented Hirchert.

A 13-year-old girl who was accidentally shot by a friend Thursday morning is recovering and is expected to be OK, police say.

No further charges are expected to be filed in the incident, Shelbyville Police Maj. D. Goodwin said.

Santiago Juncadella, 19, the friend who accidentally shot the girl from the backseat of a car in which he was riding while he was trying to load a .22-caliber pistol, remains lodged in the Shelby County Detention Center under a $30,000 cash bond.

He is charged with first-degree assault and carrying a concealed deadly weapon.

NEW CASTLE – Two officers involved in a fatal shooting in March of a Shelbyville native have been cleared by the Henry County Grand Jury.

The Grand Jury met last week and issued a “no true bill” regarding the shooting that took place at 361 Sawmill Road.

The No True Bill clears Kentucky State Police Trooper Manny Soto and Henry County Sheriff’s Deputy Dean Murray, who in March shot and killed Lewis Jennings, 24, who was born in Shelbyville but lived in Lockport.